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Specification of Letters Patent.

iatented Get. 28, 1919.

Application filed April 5, 1915. Serial No. 19,206.

improvements in oil distributers,,whereby a road surface is coated with oil, liquid tar,

i or the like.

The object of the invention is to provi'de a distributor with a distributing pipe which may be readily shifted endwise as the road bed surface is being coated.

` A further object of the invention is to provide a distributer of the above character wherein the distributing pipe may be raised and lowered bodily.

These and other objects will in part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter.

more iitully disclosed.

In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a wheeled attachment for a tank wagon having my improvements applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, showing a modiiication oi my improved distributor applied directly to a tank wagon;

Fig. 3 is a rear View (if the same;

Fig. 4- is a detail sectional view through the track and the distributor pipe, showing the hanger for supporting the pipe;

Fig. 5 is a detail in section showing the distributor pipe in plan view;

Fig. 6 is a detail partly in section, showing the shifting lever used tor shifting the distributor pipe; 4

Fig. 7 is a detail showing in section two distrihuter pipes with the nozzles set at different angles;

Fig. 8 is a detail in section showing a single distributer'pipe having two nozzles i lset at right angles to each other;

Fig. 9 is a detail in side elevation, showing a portion of the distributor pipe and the staggering of the nozzles; and

Fig. 10 is an end view showing a modified form of supporting means for the di`S- tributer pipe.

The invention consists generally in providing` a' supporting means forV the distributing pipe, whether said distributer pipe is carried by an attachment mounted on \vheels,-or whether said distributor pipe is mounted directly on a supporting frame carried by a tank wagon, whereby said distributor pipe may be moved endwise so as to canse the surface being coated to meet or overlap slightly a previously coated surface, or whereby said pipe may be shifted to regulate the surface being coated adjacent the curb. This distributor pipe is also so mounted that it may be raised or lowered bodily wl'ierein the fan or cone-shaped sprays discharged from the separate nozzles may be caused to meet and cover the entire surface being coated.

In order that the distributor pipe may have the above movements, I have provided a supporting track and a distributor pipe is mounted in hangers which are provided with rollers adapted to run on said track.

' In one instance, a lever or rigid'arm is connected tothe distributerpipe for the purpose oil shifting it endwise relative to the track and said lever is held in different positions by a pawl engagement with a locking rack on the track. In the other instance,the;. pipe is shifted `endwise on the track by al rotating shaft which is connected by a iieXible means with the pipe, and this shaft may be turned by hand and locked in any desired position. rihe track is supp/orted on the frame by the aid of verticai shafts which are connected to the track adjacent each end thereof, and these shafts may be' readily turned, so Aas to. raise or lower the track.

The distributing pipe is made in sections and said pipe extends .beyond the wheels of the support, for the pipe may be readily detached.l This facilitates the moving of the distributing apparatus through crowded streets, and also enables the distributor pipe to be shortened or lengthened when desired.

The distributer pipe is also provided with a valve or valves, so that sections of the pipe may be rendered inelective if desired Referring more-in detail to the drawings,

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I have shown inlig. 1 an attachment for a tank. wagon which consists of a main frame 1 having b 'aekets 2, 2, which carry a` shaft 3 having supporting wheels 4, -1 for the attachment. The frame 1 is adapted to be se cured at 5 to a pressure tank wagon or one that is provided with pumping devices to force liquid through distributers, so that it may be drawn inrear thereof'.

'The main frame 1 extends rearwardly ot the brackets 2, 2, and is provided withcross bars G and 7. A seat S is mounted on suitable transverse plates 9, 9, which are at-y tached to these cross bars. The distributor pipe is located back of the supporting wheels 4c, 4l, and is parallel with the shaft 3. r1`his distributer pipe is supported by a track 11. The tr'L ck 11 is box-shaped with a slot 12 in the bottom, and the edges otthe plate forming the slot 12 are turned up at 13. The distributor pipe. is i'nounted in a hanger 14. collar 15, which clamped to the pipe. Said hanger has a shank 1G which projects through the slot 12 and secured to a cross shai't 17, carrying rollers 18 and 19 which are located within the track, and these rollers run on the bottom plates ot' the track.

rll`here is a hanger adjacent each end ot' the track. Tlle distrilmter pipe is moved endwise on the track by a vertical shaft 19.

A cord 2l) or the like is attached at one end to a collar 21 ou the distributor pipe, and at the other end to a collar also attached to the distributor pipo. This cord is wound. around the shaft 15) and secured therctoin such a way that when the shaft 19 is rotated, one end of the cord is drawn toward the. shatt, while the other end of the cord is released and permitted to imove away from the shaft.

The shaft provided with a hand wheel 22% at its upper end, and this hand wheel is adjacent the seat 8, so that the shaft may be readily rotated. The shaft is mounted in a 'hearing plate 2l carried by the transverse plates t), t), and a. bracket 25 which likewise carried by these plates. Directly above the plate 21 is a disk 2G having` recesses formed therein adapted to receive a locking dog QT which holds the shaft 19 from rotation in either direction when in engagement in said recesses. n

The track 1l. is supported by two vertical shafts Q8 and Q9. Thesel shafts are mounted in bearing blocks carried resgcctivcly by the side trames of the attachment. Each shaft at the lower end thereof has a universal connection with a supporting coupling 31 which attached. to the upper face o't the track 11. leach shaft has a hand wheel 32.

From theV alooieI construction, it vwill be apparent that the supporting track maybe Aoperator from the seat 8.

This hanger is secured to a sectional- Lamers raised at either end thereof by turning the supporting shaft therefor. These hand wheels 3Q may be readilyv reached by the This permits eit er end of the distributer pipe to be raised or lowered, so as to maintain the distributor pipe substantially parallel with the road bed surface being coated. 1t also permits the distributer pipe to be raised or lowered bodily, so that the tan-shaped sprays from the separate nozzles `may be caused 'to meet or slightly overlap and thus coat the entire surface.

Then again by supporting the pipe so that it may be moved endwise through the turning ot the shaft 19, said pipe may be shifted f so that the surface being coated may be caused to join a previously coated surface. 1t is extremely difficult for a driver to guide or direct a tank wagon so that the surface being coated will join a previously coated surface. By my improvement, however, the operator riding on the attachment may shift the distributer pipe within certain limits, so as to cause these surfaces to properly join without e unduly overlapping. This increases greatly the eliiciency of the distributing apparatus, in that it resultp in a perfectly coated surface with little or no ,waste of the liquid being coated on the surface by unnecessarily overlapping a previously coated surface.

Before describing in detail the construction of the distributor pipe, 1 will describe the modified `form ot' the invention disclosed in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, wherein the structure is mounted directly on the tank wagon. :the tank wagon, as shown in these figures, includes a tank-33 which is mounted on suitable wheels, the rear wheels being illustrated at 34. Projectingrear- *ardly from the tank is the supporting trame The distributor pipe 36 is carried by an auxiliary trame 37, which is bttached to the trame 35 by suitable rods 38 and 39. These rods are securedto brackets 40 and 4-1, respectively, which are mounted onI the frame The distributor pipe 3G is carried by hangers 42 and 43. These hangers are attached to sectional collars 44 and are supported by suitable rollers which run in a box-shaped track 4G. and the track are similar to the construction above described in connection with Fig. 1.

Adjacent each end ol: the track tti a sup porting shaft 47, which carries a hand wheel 118 which is within reach oli' the oper tor who stands on a step L19 carried by supV` porting brackets 50, which* are attached. to

the auxiliary frame 37.

Extending longitudinally ot the auxiliary frame are two spaced hars and-51 One ot' these bars is provided with a rack 52.

These hangers or handle 55.

madera Mounted to slide on the bars is a bracket 53. This bracket has a sleeve 54 projecting upwardly therefrom, in which is fixed a lever This lever or handle has a central recess 56 and the lower end of ,the lever extends below the bars 50 and 51. Suitable plates 57 are attached to the lower' end of the lever and guide the same as it 4is moved` along the supporting bars.

The sleeve 54 has spaced lugs 58, in which is mounted a locking dog 59 adapted to cngage the rack 52. A spring 60' normally forces the dog into engagement with the rack. This serves to lock the lever 55 in various adjusted positions. The dog may i be released by a hand grip 6l which conpositions by the locking dog 59.

nected to the dog by a link 62.

Fixed to the ,distributer pipe is an arm 63. This arm projects upwardly into the recess 56 of the lever The lower end of the arm is split to torni a yoke, the members 6a and ot' which are respectively secured to collars G6 and 67 attached to the distributer' pipe. By releasing this lever, it will readily be seen that the distributor pipe may be shifted endwise and held in various shifted By the construction wherein the arrn 63 extends into the recess 56, the distributor may be raised or lowered vertically and this arno. will merely move up and down in the lever. This forms a connection which permits the distributor to be bodily adjusted vertically without in any' way disturbing the mechanisin whereby the distributer is shifted endwise. rlhrough the supporting shafts 4:7 and, the lever 55, the` distributor may be shifted and adjusted in the manner described in connection with Fig. l.

The distributor pipe 4is provided lwith spaced nozzles G8. A single row or set of nozzles may be used and these nozzles 'are preferably spaced and shaped so that cach discharges a fan-shaped spray, and by properlyfadjusting the distributer pipes, these sprays Will meet or slightly overlap yas they strike the surface to be coated.

In Fig. 7 of the drawings, I have shown a construction wherein two distributer pipes may be usedas indicated at 69 and 70. Each pipe is provided with spray nozzles 71. The spray nozzles, however, of the pipe G9 are inclined rearwardly, while thel spray nozzles of the pipe 70 are inclined in the opposite direction. nozzles, the sprays will strike the surface to be coated at an angle, and this facili-v tates the4 penetration of the liquid into the road surface the liquid will be forced into the angularly disposed crevices.

In Figs. 8 and 9 ot' the drawings, I show a single distributor' pipe 72 which has two series of nozzles 73 and 74. The nozzles `which are removable sections 8l. movable section has a-valve 82 at the end` By this arrangement ,of the.

in the different series are staggeredrelative to each other, as shown in these figures. ltdjacent nozzles 73 throw fan-shaped sprays Wlnch meet or slightly overlap, hut if these sprays do not overlap, then the spray from the nozzle 74 will cover completely the space between the sprays of the nozzles 73.

As shown in F ig. 5, thedistributer pipe which may be used in either forni of the invention is indicated at l0. A valve 7 5 may be used for closing either half of the pipe, so as to render it ineffective and to facilitate the cleaning of the pipe through the aid of Steam pressure. The distributer pipe fed from a flexible ipe 77 which may be at tached in any sultable way to the tank and a valve adjacent the tank will control the flow of the liquid tlu'ough the pipe 76. The pipe 7 6 is connected to a branch supply pipe so that either half of the distributor pipe inay be fed. This distributer pipe 10 consists of a central section at each end of Euch re thereof. The vcentral section has a valve 83 at the end thereof. This central section ends substantially in line with the wheels oft the tank wagon. extensions is to permit the saine to beV removed when the tank is driven through crowded street, or the end sections ina y be removed when it is not desired to use the saine for coating the road surface.

In- Fig. 3 of the, drawings, I have shown chains 100 which may be used for connecting the distributer pipe to'the supporting frame, so as to prevent endwise movement of the distributer pipe when the wagon is being drawn from one )lace to another.

In. Fig. l0 ot' t e drawings I havesliown a slightly modified forni of means for supporting thedistributer pipe. In place of the U-shaped rail 4:6, I have provided a solid i supporting 'ail 460, to which are secured the purpose or" these end distributer pipeis mounted in a clamping .I

- bracket420, which has upwardly extending arms 421. To each arin, 421 is attached a supporting bracket L1522" carrying a roller 423. These rollers 423 engage respectively the tracks 424 carried by the supporting rail 460. The manner of operating the distributing pipe and adjusting the sainey is precisely the saine as shown in the other figures of the drawing.

It is obvious that minor changes in the.

details of construction and arrangement of ,parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention es seti'ortli iny i. An oilv distributor including in combination, a dlstributer pipe for spraying the oil, 'a-supporting frame, a track mounted on said frame', whereby the saine Inay be atljustetl vertically, hangers attached to said tlistributer pipe, and supporting means carrecl by the hangers for engaging the track, whereby said distribnter pipe may be moved endwise at will. during the coating operation.

2, An oil distributor including in combi` nation, a distributor pipe for spraying the oil, a supporting frame, a track, a vertically arranged shaft adjacent each enti of the track for supporting and for adjusting the same, hangers secured to said distribnter pipe, supporting devices carried by said. hangers and engaging said track, whereioy said. distributer pipe may he moved cntiwise on said tratbk, and means connected to savicl distributor pipe for moving the saine entii temere Wise and .for holding the same in atljuste positions. t

3. An oil distribute): including in coiiibinatioii, e oistributer ipe for spraying the o'il, a supporting franl, a track, a vertically arranged shaft adjacent each end 'of the track for supporting and for adjusting the same, hangers secured to said distributer pipe, supporting devices carried by said hangers and engaging said track whereby seid distributor pipe may be moved enclwise on said track, andmeans connected to said distributer pipe for moving the same end- Wise anti for holding the same in adjustecl positions, said adjusting means including a hand lever carried by said frame and moirafble thereon7 an arm rigidly attached to said distributerpipe end having a sliding engagement with said hand lever.

In testimony whereof I ail'izr my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

@HARLES P. PREGR. Witnesses:

.en RUST, F. L-Mooney. 

